ITS2024 Conference Program
Tuesday, June 11 – 9:00 to 9:30 – REGISTRATION
DAY 1 : TUESDAY, JUNE 11
09:30 – 10:00
OPENING SESSION (PLENARY)
Greetings from the General Chair and the Program Chairs: Prof. Claude Frasson, Prof. Oscar Lin, and Prof. Angelo Sifaleras
Greetings from the University of Macedonia Authorities: Vice Rector Prof. Nikolaos Samaras (Vice Rector of Academic, Administrative Affairs and Personnel)
Greetings from the Organization Chair: Dr. Kitty Panourgia
10:00 – 11:00
KEYNOTE SPEECH (PLENARY)
Session Chair: Angelo Sifaleras
Prof. Eftychios Protopapadakis (University of Macedonia, Greece)
Unleashing Potential: Harnessing the Power of Generative AI in Intelligent Tutoring Systems
11:00 – 11:30
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 – 13:30
SESSIONS 1 & 2: TRACK 1 – INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEMS
Session 1 : Online
Session Chair: Azza Abd. Mohamed Basiouni
Session 2 : Onsite
Session Chair: Stefano Cerri
T1:#65
Francesco Orciuoli, Angelo Gaeta, Antonella Pascuzzo and Angela Peduto (F)
Evaluating the ability of Large Language Models to generate motivational feedback
T1:#11*
Jaume Arnau-Blasco, Miguel Arevalillo-Herráez, Sergi Solera-Monforte and Yuyan Wu (F)
Using Large Language Models to Support Teaching and Learning of Word Problem Solving in Tutoring Systems
T1:#73
Guy Carlos Tamkodjou Tchio, Roger Nkambou and Valéry Psyché (F)
Towards Cognitive Coaching in Aircraft Piloting Tasks: Building an ACT-R Synthetic Pilot Integrating an Ontological Reference Model to Assist the Pilot and Manage Deviations
T1:#18*
Yuyan Wu, Miguel Arevalillo-Herráez and Sergi Solera Monforte (F)
A Generative Approach for Proactive Assistance Forecasting in Intelligent Tutoring Environments
T1:#20
Viktor Uglev and Georgiy Smirnov (F)
Combined maps as a tool of concentration and visualization of knowledge in the logic of operation of the Intelligent Tutoring Systems
T1:#29*
Fuhua Lin,Raymond Morland and Hongxin Yan (F)
QuizMaster: An Adaptive Learning System for Formative Assessment
T1:#26
Raymond Morland, Lawrence Wang and Fuhua Lin (F)
Fast Weakness Identification for Adaptive Feedback
T1:#32*
Sandeep Kakar, Pratyusha Maiti, Karan Taneja, Alekhya Nandula, Gina Nguyen, Aiden Zhao, Vrinda Nandan and Ashok Goel (F)
Jill Watson: Scaling and Deploying an AI Conversational Agent in Online Classrooms
* Onsite presentation
13:30 – 14:30
LUNCH
14:30 – 17:30
SESSIONS 3 & 4: TRACK 1 – INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEMS
Session 3 : Online
Session Chair: Eftychios Protopapadakis
Session 4 : Onsite
Session Chair: Fuhua Lin
T1:#9
Hongxin Yan, Fuhua Lin and Kinshuk Kinshuk (S)
An AI-Learner Shared Control Model Design for Adaptive Practicing
T1:#62*
John Kos, Dinesh Ayyappan and Ashok Goel (F)
A Constructivist Framing of Wheel Spinning: Identifying Unproductive Behaviors with Sequence Analysis
T1:#30
Michael Pin-Chuan Lin, Daniel Chang, Sarah Hall and Gaganpreet Jhajj (F)
Preliminary Systematic Review of Open Source Large Language Models in Education
T1:#38*
Hyunhee Choi, Hayun Lee and Minjeong Lee (F)
Enhancement of Knowledge Concept Maps Using Deductive Reasoning with Educational Data
T1:#33
Yanggyu Lee, Suchae Jeong and Jihie Kim (F)
Improving LLM Classification of Logical Errors by Integrating Error Relationship into Prompts
T1:#41*
Alexander Pögelt, Katja Ihsberner, Norbert Pengel, Milos Kravcik, Martin Grüttmüller and Wolfram Hardt (F)
Individualized Mathematical Task Recommendations through Intended Learning Outcomes and Reinforcement Learning.
T1:#84
Kirill Kulyukin, Grigoriy Yakimov and Oleg Sychev (F)
Detecting Function Inputs and Outputs for Learning-Problem Generation in Intelligent Tutoring Systems
T1:#50*
Sandeep Kakar, Rhea B, Ida Camacho, Christopher Griswold, Alex Houk, Chris Leung, Mustafa Tekman, Patrick Westervelt, Qiaosi Wang and Ashok Goel (F)
SAMI: An AI Actor for Fostering Social Interactions in Online Classrooms
T1:#47
George Zografos, Vasileios Kefalidis and Lefteris Moussiades (F)
LLM-based Course Comprehension Evaluator
T1:#56*
Irene-Angelica Chounta, Bibeg Limbu and Lisa van der Heyden (F)
Exploring the Methodological Contexts and Constraints of Research in Artificial Intelligence in Education
T1:#45
Jeong-Min Lee, Jin-Xia Huang, Minsoo Cho, Yoon-Hyung Roh, Oh-Woog Kwon and Yunkeun Lee (S)
Developing Conversational Intelligent Tutoring for Speaking Skills in Second Language Learning
T1:#78*
Haiying Li, Fanshuo Cheng, Grace Wang, Zhiqiang Cai and Art Graesser (F)
Impact of Conversational Agent Language and Text Structure on Student Language
17:30 – 18:00
COFFEE BREAK
18:00 – 20:00
PANEL DISCUSSION (PLENARY)
“THE USE OF GENERATIVE AI IN COMPUTER SCIENCE/INFORMATION SYSTEMS TERTIARY EDUCATION AND MARKETPLACE”
Moderator: Prof. Efthimios Tambouris (University of Macedonia, Greece)
Participants: Prof. Alexandros Chatzigeorgiou (Vice Rector of Extroversion and International Relations, of the University of Macedonia, Greece), Prof. Ali Dewan (Athabasca University, Canada), Dr. Haiying Li, (University of Pennsylvania, US), Prof. Ioannis Stamelos (Aristotle university of Thessaloniki), and Mr. Stelios Mantas (Consulting Partner, Deloitte Digital Lead, Deloitte Greece)
Topics: Increasing use of generative AI technologies (such as chat-GPT) in computer science/information system tertiary education and the marketplace.
-Benefits of using gen AI
-Drawbacks/threads
-Knowledge/skills needed
-Ways and methods of acquisition
-Need to regulate the use of Gen AI and ways to do so
20:00 – 21:00
RECEPTION
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12
DAY 2: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12
10:00 – 11:00
TUTORIAL TALK (PLENARY)
Session Chair: Angelo Sifaleras
Panagiotis Fotaris (University of Brighton, UK)
Enhancing Educational Engagement: Optimising Escape Room Learning Environments with a GenAI-Enhanced Design Framework
11:00 – 11:30
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 – 13:30
SESSIONS 5 & 6: TRACK 1 – INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEMS
Session 5 : Online
Session Chair: Haiying Li
Session 6 : Onsite
Session Chair: Andrea Sterbini
T1: #42
Stavros A. Nikou, Arjun Guliya, Suraj Van Verma and Maiga Chang (S)
A Generative Artificial Intelligence empowered chatbot: System usability and student teachers’ experience
T1:#86*
Andrea Sterbini and Marco Temperini (F)
Automated Analysis of Algorithm Descriptions Quality, through Large Language Models
T1:#80
Ashish Garg and Ramkumar Rajendran (F)
Analyzing the role of Generative AI in fostering self-directed learning through Structured prompt engineering
T1:#16*
Henri Jamet, Yash Raj Shrestha and Michalis Vlachos (S)
Difficulty Estimation and Simplification of French Text Using Large Language Models
T1:#13
Haya Shamir, Mikayla Tom, David Pocklington, Erik Yoder and Alexander Houchins (S)
Early Math Skill as a Predictor for Foundational Literacy
T1:#63*
Mohamed Lamgarraj, Céline Joiron, Aymeric Parant and Gilles Dequen (S)
Exploring Item Difficulty Prediction: Data Driven Approach for Item Difficulty Estimation
T1:#22
Sanrda Katz (S)
Distributed Feedback in a Tool that Supports Peer-directed Simulation-based Training
T1:#14*
April Clarke and Antonija Mitrović (S)
Explaining Problem Recommendations in an Intelligent Tutoring System
T1:#23
Ansgar Fehnker and Luke Glover (S)
Keeping Humans in the Loop: LLM supported Oral Examinations
T1:#48*
Paraskevas Lagakis and Stavros Demetriadis (S)
EvaAI: A Multi-Agent Framework Leveraging Large Language Models for Enhanced Automated Grading
T1:#25
Le Minh Duc Nguyen, Fuhua Lin and Maiga Chang (S)
Generating Learning Sequences Using Contextual Bandit Algorithms
T1:#51*
Rhea Basappa, Mustafa Tekman, Hong Lu, Benjamin Faught, Sandeep Kakar and Ashok Goel (S)
Social AI Agents Too Need to Explain Themselves
T1:#49
Aidan Murphy, Mahsa Mahdinejad, Joe Kenny, Saeed Ahmad Syed and Anthony Ventresque (S)
Optimising a Peer based Learning Environment
T1: #43
Deok Yeop Kim and Woo Jin Lee (S)
Predicting Rough Error Causes in Novice Programmers using Cognitive Level
13:30 – 14:30
LUNCH
14:30 – 16:00
SESSIONS 7 & 8: TRACK 3 – HUMAN INTERACTION, GAMES AND VIRTUAL REALITY
Session 7 : Online
Session Chair: Panagiotis Fotaris
Session 8 : Onsite
Session Chair: Xiaokun Zhang
T3: #69
Amin Bonyad Khalaj, Hamdi Ben Abdessalem and Claude Frasson (F)
Assessing Cognitive Workload of Aircraft Pilots through Face Temperature
T3: #82*
Christina Tikva, Maria Mousiou and Efthimios Tambouris (S)
Educational games for Computational Thinking: Evaluation of the Scaffolded aMazeD game
T3: #70
Katerina Christhilf, Rod D. Roscoe and Danielle S. McNamara (F)
Profiles of Performance: Game-Based Assessment of Reading Comprehension Skill
T3: #36*
Dharamjit Parmar, M. Ali Akber Dewan, Dunwei Wen and Fuhua Lin (F)
Cognitive Engagement Detection of Online Learners Using GloVe Embedding and Hybrid LSTM
T3: #4
Karima Boussaha, Abdelhafid Rahab, Khelifa Khelifi Touhami and Charef Eddine Abdelaziz Tayeb Boudraa (S)
Adoption of digital games as pedagogical aids for teachers and pupils in primary schools to overcome learning problems in arithmetic
T3: #85*
Ziqi Pan and Alexandra Cristea (F)
Towards Neuro-Enhanced Education: A Systematic Review of BCI-Assisted Development for Non-academic Skills and Abilities
T3: #24
Amin Bonyad Khalaj, Hamdi Ben Abdessalem and Claude Frasson (S)
From Novice to Expert: Unraveling the Impact of Experience on Cognitive Load and Physiological Responses in Aviation Pilots
16:00 – 16:30
COFFEE BREAK
16:30 – 18:15
SESSIONS 9 & 10: TRACK 4 – NEURAL NETWORKS AND DATA MINING
Session 9 : Online
Session Chair: Mohammad Ali Dewan
Session 10 : Onsite
Session Chair: Roger Nkambou
T4: #35
Unggi Lee, Yonghyun Park, Yujin Kim, Seoungyun Choi and Hyeoncheol Kim (F)
MonaCoBERT: Monotonic Attention based ConvBERT for Knowledge Tracing
T4: #74*
Andres Felipe Benitez Amaya, Ruben Manrique and Harold Castro Barrera (F)
Analysis of machine learning models for academic performance prediction
T4: #40
Massimo Pietracupa, Hamdi Ben Abdessalem and Claude Frasson (F)
Detection of Pre-Error States in Aircraft Pilots Through Machine Learning
T4: #57*
Amine Boulahmel, Fahima Djelil, Jean-Marie Gilliot, Gregory Smits and Philippe Leray (F)
Mining Discriminative Sequential Patterns of Self Regulated Learners
T4: #81
Matthaios Zografos and Stefanos Ougiaroglou (F)
Simplifying Decision Tree Classification through the AutoDTrees Web Application and Service
T4: #6*
Zhaoxing Li, Jujie Yang, Jindi Wang, Lei Shi, Jiayi Feng and Sebastian Stein (S)
LBKT: A LSTM BERT-based Knowledge Tracing Model for Long-Sequence Data
T4: #34
Irina-Gabriela Nedelcu, Veronica Opranescu, Beatrice Nicoleta Chiriac and Anca Daniela Ionita (S)
Educational Support for AutomatedClassification of UML Diagrams using MachineLearning
T7: #28*
Gaganpreet Jhajj, Xiaokun Zhang, Jerry Ryan Gustafson, Fuhua Lin and Michael Pin-Chuan Lin (S)
Educational Knowledge Graph Creation and Augmentation via LLMs
T7: #54*
Sung-Kwon Choi, Jin-Xia Huang and Oh-Woog Kwon (S)
Semi-Automatic Construction of Bidirectional Dialogue Dataset for Dialogue-based Reading Comprehension Tutoring System using Generative AI
20:30
GALA DINNER
THURSDAY, JUNE 13
DAY 3: THURSDAY, JUNE 13
10:00 – 11:00
KEYNOTE SPEECH (PLENARY)
Session Chair: Claude Frasson
Gianna Martinengo (CEO of Didael Knowledge Technologies Services and President of Women & Tech ETS, Italy)
Sharing from experience: competencies for “intelligent dialogues” with emerging technologies
11:00 – 11:30
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 – 13:30
SESSION 11 & 12: TRACK 7 – GENERATIVE INTELLIGENCE FOR APPLIED NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TRACK
Session 11 : Online
Session Chair: Zhaoxing Li
Session 12 : Mixed
Session Chair: Gianna Martinengo
T7: #15
Christos Papakostas, Christos Troussas, Akrivi Krouska and Cleo Sgouropoulou (F)
A Rule-based Chatbot offering Personalized Guidance in Computer Programming Education
T6: #55*
Kyungryul Back, Xinyu Piao and Jong-Kook Kim (F)
Enhancing Reinforcement Learning Finetuned Text-to-Image Generative Model using Reward Ensemble
T7: #27
Arwa Al Saqaabi, Craig Stewart, Eleni C. Akrida and Alexandra.I Cristea (F)
Paraphrase Generation and Identification at Paragraph-Level
T0: #7
Michael Pin-Chuan Lin and Daniel Chang (F)
Exploring Inclusivity in AI Education: Perceptions and Pathways for Diverse Learners
T7: #64
Andreas Gavros, Stavros Demetriadis and Stergios Tegos (F)
Deploying ChatGPT for automated tagging of Greek dialogue data of university students
T0: #19
Ioannis Kavouras, Ioannis Rallis, Emmanuel Sardis, Eftychios Protopapadakis, Anastasios Doulamis and Nikolaos Doulamis (S)
Multi-scale Intervention Planning based on Generative Design
T4: #79
Therese Nuelle Roca and Jasmine Malinao (S)
Well-handledness in Robustness Diagram with Loop and Time Controls
T0: #61
Dimitrios Tzimas and Stavros Demetriadis (S)
Students’ Perceptions of Adopting Learning Analytics
T0: #71
John Albert Castillo and Jasmine Malinao (S)
Model Decomposition of Robustness Diagram with Loop and Time Controls to Petri Net with Considerations on Resets
T0: #66*
Stefano D’Urso and Filippo Sciarrone (S)
AI4LA: an Intelligent Chatbot for Supporting Dyslexic Students, Based on Generative AI
T3: #39
Mariana-Madalina Nastase and Elvira Popescu (S)
Kahoot! as a Tool to Maintain Students’ Attention and Increase Retention Rates: An Experience Report with Computer Science Students
T0: #3
Marian Ileana (S)
Elevating Medical Efficiency and Personalized Care through the Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Web Systems
13:30 – 14:00
ITS2024 AWARDS AND CLOSING SESSION (PLENARY)
Institute of Intelligent Systems